And yes, technically, a tomato is a fruit... but that rankles my sensibilities. So we are going to call it a vegetable. In today's world, calling a fruit, a vegetable, shouldn't flicker the needle of righteous anger so let's away and talk about this wonderful Italian variety! I have to say, this is one of my fave varieties in my zone 6 garden, it will accept less water than other varieties, and will keep producing at higher temps. Very prolific. Wonderful taste and really me

I put together a pdf to share ways my husband and I ate on the cheap during our early years when we were living on a grad student stipend. Some weeks we were literally looking in the couch cushions for change to afford bread and milk. We were rare among our peers and knew how to cook, but if we had been able to walk it back a little bit, we would have saved even more money. Baking bread, making beans and lentils from dried, other ideas for rice, sourcing cheap (or free!) veg

The Shire is our love child. ​ We had been dreaming of some acres to restore, to practice our ideas of gardening, sustainable agriculture, and crafting. We had been dreaming this for some 17 years in fact. Together. I think I had been dreaming of it my whole life. ​ Although Adam will say what finally bought us (two over-thinkers) to the purchasing table was because I had ultimately succeeded in planting every inch (some of it twice or thrice over) of our small house's yard.